Catch spirits with up to seven friends, or play against random players from across the world.
Google has offered up a Halloween treat for users of its search engine with its first Doodle to feature a multiplayer game.
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Doodles, used to mark significant occasions and commemorate holidays, have included a number of interactive elements in recent years but Trick-or-Treat: The Great Ghoul Duel is the first time users have been able to participate in a game together.
Users can invite up to seven other players to join, simply by sharing a unique web link generated each time you choose to host a session.
Trick-or-Treat: The Great Ghoul Duel is the first multiplayer Google Doodle (Google/PA)
Alternatively, if no-one else is available to play, you can take on random players from across the world.
The aim is pretty simple – collect as many spirits as you can before the time runs out and deliver them to your team’s safe house. You’ll run into your friends along the way and be able to steal their spirits, but be warned, they can do the same too.
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Google made the multiplayer game possible by running it with its own Google Cloud Platform and an open source matchmaking framework.
But as with all Doodles, it will only last for the duration of the day, so you’ll need to get playing pretty quick.
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Google has fired 28 employees involved in protests over the tech company's cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, according to statements from the company and campaigners.
The workers held sit-ins at the company’s offices in California and New York over Google's $1.2 billion contract to provide custom tools for Israeli's military. They were fired on Wednesday evening after police earlier arrested nine people.
Google said “a small number of employee protesters entered and disrupted a few of our locations.”
“After refusing multiple requests to leave the premises, law enforcement was engaged to remove them to ensure office safety,” Google said.
The company said it carried out "individual investigations that resulted in the termination of employment for 28 employees, and will continue to investigate and take action as needed.”
The group behind the protests, No Tech for Apartheid, disputed Google's version of events, saying the company fired people who didn't directly participate.
The company's claim that the protests were part of a longstanding campaign by groups and “people who largely don’t work at Google” was untrue, the group said.
The group posted photos and videos on social media showing workers in Google offices holding placards and sitting on the floor, chanting slogans.
FILE -- A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. On Friday, April 12, 2024, Google announced it was testing removing links to California news websites from some people's search results. The search giant said it was preparing in case the Legislature passed a bill requiring it to pay media companies a fee for linking to its content. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Google fires 28 workers after office sit-ins to protest cloud contract with Israel
Google fires 28 workers after office sit-ins to protest cloud contract with Israel
